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ArticleNature communications2016

Mouse model of chromosome mosaicism reveals lineage-specific depletion of aneuploid cells and normal developmental potential.

Helen Bolton, Sarah J L Graham, Niels Van der Aa, Parveen Kumar, Koen Theunis, Elia Fernandez Gallardo, Thierry Voet, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 223 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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223citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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223 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 451 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Helen BoltonDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
Sarah J L GrahamDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
Niels Van der AaDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Parveen KumarDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Koen TheunisDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Elia Fernandez GallardoDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Thierry VoetDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Magdalena Zernicka-GoetzDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
KU Leuven · BEWellcome/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most human pre-implantation embryos are mosaics of euploid and aneuploid cells. To determine the fate of aneuploid cells and the developmental potential of mosaic embryos, here we generate a mouse model of chromosome mosaicism. By treating embryos with a spindle assembly checkpoint inhibitor during the four- to eight-cell division, we efficiently generate aneuploid cells, resulting in embryo death during peri-implantation development. Live-embryo imaging and single-cell tracking in chimeric embryos, containing aneuploid and euploid cells, reveal that the fate of aneuploid cells depends on lineage: aneuploid cells in the fetal lineage are eliminated by apoptosis, whereas those in the placental lineage show severe proliferative defects. Overall, the proportion of aneuploid cells is progressively depleted from the blastocyst stage onwards. Finally, we show that mosaic embryos have full developmental potential, provided they contain sufficient euploid cells, a finding of significance for the assessment of embryo vitality in the clinic.

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AneuploidyModels, GeneticMosaicismAnimalsBlastocystCell CountCell LineageChromosome SegregationChromosomes, MammalianEmbryo ImplantationFemaleFertilization in VitroHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleMice2-(4-morpholinoanilino)-6-cyclohexylaminopurineMorpholinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsPurines

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PMID27021558
PMCPMC4820631
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